I went through a lot of resume/application death this past year while I was laid off. I was at near 100% failure rate when applying for jobs directly even after

I went through a lot of resume/application death this past year while I was laid off. I was at near 100% failure rate when applying for jobs directly even after accounting for my own personal bias knowing easy to hire means easy to fire. I did get some minor traction when going through a recruiter. So I stopped doing that. Another part of the problem is that I am a super experienced JavaScript developer who can write original high performance applications. Nobody wants that. It might be a valuable skill one day for founding a new company based around an amazing new software product, but employers don’t want that. In the world of JavaScript they want newbs that can put text on screen with React. What got me call backs and interviews at a high rate, even for remote jobs, was to throw my resume up on Dice job board and focus on three things: I have programming experience, a security clearance, and information security certifications.